Aryan Invasion/migration Theories & Debates -2

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dhu,
Completely agree. Trade is one very important factor. However we shall have to analyze howmuch of trade relation can influence the soceity in so much as to influence the very basic words. Let us consider today's North India, which has continuously been under the Persian/Arabic influence for at least 900 years. But still, beyond urbanized Hindi, the language of people is very much indigenous - beyond some minor obvious influence. In villages, you would still hear the words bhuin (bhumi) and not Zamin - loka/jaga and not duniya, parasiddha and not mashahoor. So if we are assuming that there was no organic relationship of Sanskrit with G and L, then there must be MASSIVE trade - to the proportions of colonialization and more - to have influenced those languages so much.

Meanwhile, added the following in 125:
S ramaNa (to roam) - E Roam, middle Eng. romen
S vAcha/vAka - L vocalis - (voice, vocal and vocabulary are from the same mother as vachan, vAk-patu and vAchaspati)
S ant - end
S madhya - mid
S sthit - state/status